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Do you think it is possible to make Krishnamurti more "practicable" than what he himself seems to have allowed for?

He always was practical in my view. Problem was each and every time he opened his mouth to speak he was both enabling people and disabling people. Which of these actually happened seems to be a process of chance. However if you have been lucky enough to have woken up (which incidentally had happened to me already, 'before' coming upon K and his teaching) then everything he had to say made absolute practical sense. I think he knew this very very well. But then who am I to say!?

If you had to sum up what Krishnamurti is all about in just a few words of your own, what would they be?

The flame of intelligence, continually encroached upon around its edges by the conditioned and conditioning greyness of life, eager at every turn, at every moment (if eager is the correct word for there is no collective 'will' as such) to snuff out the light that is disturbing the sleep of the slumbering masses. Even he succumbed at times but heh, he was only human after all.

How do you personally go about exploring the Krishnamurti's teachings (through personal study, dialogues, dvds)?

Do you think it advisable to introduce Krishnamurti to people you know? Have you ever done it and if yes, what are your experiences?

Have done so but it depends on circumstances and the way in which the message is delivered. On the other hand if someone is in prison and they know not that they are in prison then why on earth would they be trying to get out? In short why try and escape when you don't know that you captive in the first place! For people such as these, there is nothing at all to talk about. They are just fine.

Are there any aspects of Krishnamurti's teaching that you find implausible or difficult to accept?

How important do you consider group dialogue to be in understanding the more subtle points of Krishnamurti's message?

Absolutely essential. You must do this alone. Whatever 'this' is... but you need other people to take a point of view that you yourseslf can never take... objectivity is the hardest thing. Others can help you there, if you allow them to, if you listen well enough.